Signpost: The Month That Was

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Pope Benedict XVI has just retired and the conclave to elect his successor is getting underway.

John and Andrew trawl through the rough and tumble in the lead-up, including the scratching of Cardinal Keith O'Brien after outspoken comments on celibacy and subsequent allegations of inappropriate conduct against him.

Australian Cardinal George Pell has also caused a stir with less than complimentary comments over the governance of the outgoing Pope.

In Australia firebrand pastor Danny Nalliah has started his own controversial political party. The Rise Up Australia party has an explicit policy of banning future immigration from Islamic countries.

What prospects will this party have?

And how is Archbishop of Canterbury's Mitre sitting on the new incumbent the Right Rev. Justin Welby?

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